2/7/26
Hello from the small town of Graceland, Florida! I’m staying here for one night with a very generous Host a Sister host, Bonnie, who is helping me with rides to stretch out the distance I can go in the panhandle. More in a future post.
But now I want to share the remainder of my St. Petersburg time, and especially the beautiful sights of the Sunken Gardens. This garden is more than 100 years old, and has been owned and operated by the City of St. Petersburg since 1999. You may recall that I first visited these gardens in my year of travels, in 2022.
I hadn’t planned to go again this year, due to budgetary constraints. But I met up for coffee one day with my former Warmshowers host Kathleen, and she happened to have a free ticket she could share with me! I was so grateful and happy to be able to visit this beautiful place again.
Much of my nearly a week in St. Pete this time was sadly a bit chilly, windy, and/or rainy, so I didn’t spend nearly as much outdoor time as I would have liked. But even in the chill, I did get out a bit to enjoy the neighborhood scenery when I could.
One evening, my new friend Katherine invited me over to the penthouse condo where she was dog sitting to watch the sun set from the balcony. We talked more about the nomadic pet-sitting life, and watched a beautiful sunset over Tropicana Field’s iconic domed stadium.
Next up: my bike journey to Spring Hill.
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